Etymology

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Today it means: To completely replace the operating system (on a particular computer) with a preconfigured image, typically as a drastic means of fixing problems. Full definition →

English image ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishimage
  7. English todayreimage

From re- + image.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.